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we need to ensure that our city is a safe city and a just city . that work is incredibly important. we need to make sure that we have a police department and the public safety agency that is responding to the needs of our city's residents, but that it is also transparent, that it is also accountable, that it is also diverse and reflective of the city it serves. that is central to my work that -- my work. that has been central to my message, although some of that gets left out of of many conversations. we've got so much work to do to fulfill what i call the promise of community policing, where our communities, our community based organizations, our city's residents are in partnership with our police department and that they are present, that they are engaged, that they are doing the very important work of keeping our city safe. i believe in investing in public safety, not defunding our public safety agency and the work that we need to do as a city. moderator: one minute. >> as you mentioned, our residents are very concerned and what boston needs right now is solutions be it -- soluti
we need to ensure that our city is a safe city and a just city . that work is incredibly important. we need to make sure that we have a police department and the public safety agency that is responding to the needs of our city's residents, but that it is also transparent, that it is also accountable, that it is also diverse and reflective of the city it serves. that is central to my work that -- my work. that has been central to my message, although some of that gets left out of of many...
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, particularly major cities. you have it rolling downhill. can you read the other question? host: the other question related to enforcement cost to miss appellate is in counties that are not reimbursed by -- in his appellate is in counties that are not reimbursed by feds. maybe that is in question. guest: again, it goes into the unfunded issue, and that is what cities and states are going to have to figure out. we have been talking about federal funding and the fact doesfederal government buoy cities quite a bit, but it has been going down the last decade. that is probably because of the recession. we have limited dollars now. states and cities, to some extent have been relying less on lesson whatever government has said them. you might see more cities and states reaching out to private sector companies to pay -- help pay for the cost. you have those issues. overall, the trend has been they have been relying less and less on those big dollars anyway. host: liz farmer is with "governing magazine" -- a staff report
, particularly major cities. you have it rolling downhill. can you read the other question? host: the other question related to enforcement cost to miss appellate is in counties that are not reimbursed by -- in his appellate is in counties that are not reimbursed by feds. maybe that is in question. guest: again, it goes into the unfunded issue, and that is what cities and states are going to have to figure out. we have been talking about federal funding and the fact doesfederal government buoy...
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we are happy to be here today in washington dc for the national league of cities 2023 congressional city conference. with more than 28 hundred attendees, this is a record for the national league of cities. that is something to celebrate. [applause] two years passed and president biden signed into law, the american rescue plan act. with local governments, revenues, budgets, disseminated covid-19, a lifeline to all of america's cities, towns, villages to keep our cities going. and tickets need the essential services that our -- and to continue the essential services that our residents depend on. this direct flexible funding made available to our cities, towns, villages across the country has proven to be transformative, allowing us not only to survive the pandemic, but to also effectively recover and rebuild. if you ask any mayor or city councilmember attending this conference, i guarantee all of you that they will rattle off another -- number of critical programs that they have been able to fund with our dollars. in my own city with a looming budget and we had to cut a current fire engine
we are happy to be here today in washington dc for the national league of cities 2023 congressional city conference. with more than 28 hundred attendees, this is a record for the national league of cities. that is something to celebrate. [applause] two years passed and president biden signed into law, the american rescue plan act. with local governments, revenues, budgets, disseminated covid-19, a lifeline to all of america's cities, towns, villages to keep our cities going. and tickets need...
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city in terms of the city pair program, if there are already sister cities, that's a bonus. it's just to say that the network, i think it succeeds because it's not trying to take the place of any other network. and we encourage the institute for strategic dialogue to be friendly with any and all other networks out there. applicable to other global problems? and if and if so, is state using your model to attack other global issues? i'm thinking particularly of the climate change issue. i have read a lot of -- many american cities and governors and mayors seem interested in that issue. i wonder if they are partnering at all with counterpart cities through state? if so, is there a possibility of fatigue in terms of foreign cities, especially, being asked to partner with state on problem x, y, or z, do you see that a problem? michael: i think that we didn't invent the two-way exchange, the twinning program. i honestly don't know who started such partnerships. it's just to say that the model an be used for multiple policy priorities. certainly the connections -- i'll just say thi
city in terms of the city pair program, if there are already sister cities, that's a bonus. it's just to say that the network, i think it succeeds because it's not trying to take the place of any other network. and we encourage the institute for strategic dialogue to be friendly with any and all other networks out there. applicable to other global problems? and if and if so, is state using your model to attack other global issues? i'm thinking particularly of the climate change issue. i have...
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city. this depicts the sitting room of the old street hotel. you could walk in the sitting room any given day and you might see sitting in one of these chairs, former heavyweight boxing champion joe lewis, or jesse owens. here's the legendary orchestra leader. surrounded by members of the kansas city monarchs. he loved the kansas city monarchs. so much so, they were put in a uniform and he sat on the bench and served as an honorary coach. throwing out the first pitch at the all-star game. cab callaway had his own team, as did louis armstrong. all the jazz musicians wanted to be baseball players. all the baseball players wanted to be jazz musicians. it was only fitting they came here when they had the best of both worlds -- jazz and baseball. so kansas city was jumping. you could get a gig in kansas city where you could not get a gig anywhere else in the world because you had all the nightclubs had music, clubs galore here at 18th and 12th and vine. this place was wide open and baseball and
city. this depicts the sitting room of the old street hotel. you could walk in the sitting room any given day and you might see sitting in one of these chairs, former heavyweight boxing champion joe lewis, or jesse owens. here's the legendary orchestra leader. surrounded by members of the kansas city monarchs. he loved the kansas city monarchs. so much so, they were put in a uniform and he sat on the bench and served as an honorary coach. throwing out the first pitch at the all-star game. cab...
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felt by cities across the country. felt by cities across the country. i truly believe when we look back the toll of this pandemic on our economies could be more severe than that which we experienced during the great recession. i know we will talk more about that. if you look at the slide, which is from the national league of cities 20 physical conditions survey, the next slide, you will the depth of a challenge facing city budgets. according to fiscal officers from across the country nearly 90% of cities will be less able in fiscal year 21 van 2020 to meet the needs of their communities. in fact, the current estimates for 2020 put a year-over-year general revenue fund growth at near zero. it is been a long time since we have been at zero. on average you will see in the cities anticipate a 13% decline revenues over 2020. city budgets were immediate and deep. this is not something that was gradual that played out over 18 months which is what we experienced with the great recession. look at whate a happens in california.
felt by cities across the country. felt by cities across the country. i truly believe when we look back the toll of this pandemic on our economies could be more severe than that which we experienced during the great recession. i know we will talk more about that. if you look at the slide, which is from the national league of cities 20 physical conditions survey, the next slide, you will the depth of a challenge facing city budgets. according to fiscal officers from across the country nearly 90%...
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this is about the city's own kids, and the city's interests here are at their zenith. justice barrett: well, let's imagine that the state takes over all hospitals and says from now on, you know, we are going to be responsible for hospitals, but we will contract with private entities to actually run them. and so there's a catholic hospital and gets a contract with the city to run it. in fact, it's a -- a catholic hospital that's in existence before the state adopts this policy. and its contract with the state provides that there are -- in the contract the state gives everyone is that you can get some exceptions for some medical procedures, but every hospital has to perform abortions. in that context, do we analyze this as a licensing question, or, given that the catholic hospital can't even enter the business without this contract, do you still say that this was the provision of a contractual service? mr. katyal: so three things, your honor. first, this isn't -- just factually, this is not a monopolization case at all, contrary to what my friend says. after all, they st
this is about the city's own kids, and the city's interests here are at their zenith. justice barrett: well, let's imagine that the state takes over all hospitals and says from now on, you know, we are going to be responsible for hospitals, but we will contract with private entities to actually run them. and so there's a catholic hospital and gets a contract with the city to run it. in fact, it's a -- a catholic hospital that's in existence before the state adopts this policy. and its contract...
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b good morning and welcome to the national league of cities 2024essional city conference. more than 3000 leaders from all over the united states are gathered here today to advocate on behalf of their communities. this year's conference is especially e our 100th anniversary. [applause] as the voice for america's cities, towns, and villages. a few minutes ago we heard from president joe biden the next few days, we will hear from and connect with a range of administration officials, in rooting transportation secretary buttigieg, education secretary, julie su and others and on wednesday more than 1000 mayors and city council members will go to capitol hill to make our voices heard when they meet with their members of congress. these meetings will focus on making sure congress knows that the direct provided to local government from the american rescue plan act, a bipartisan infrastructure and inflation reduction act are making a big difference and that is because local leaders know their communities best and they needed the most. our meetings on capitol hill are also a focus of
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so, my city. my mother was unable to provide for my siblings because she had access to some of the basic services that were available. my citi card would sign up new yorkers for those benefits that they are available to. all of the other services, we leave too much on the table, send too much to washington because we are not allowing people to navigate the complexities of government. ms. garcia: i am looking forward to an incredibly green new york city because climate change is an existential threat. california burned last year. we need to have every school roof be a green roof that can absorb stormwater. it will reduce the heat load and be a classroom. we have to electrify 10,000 school buses. we need to turn rikers island renewable with wind and solar and battery storage. this is also an opportunity for jobs in the city. moderator: thank you. mr. stringer, any legacy project? stringer: i remember the night that the pension fund under my direction divested $4 billion from fossil fuel. people said
so, my city. my mother was unable to provide for my siblings because she had access to some of the basic services that were available. my citi card would sign up new yorkers for those benefits that they are available to. all of the other services, we leave too much on the table, send too much to washington because we are not allowing people to navigate the complexities of government. ms. garcia: i am looking forward to an incredibly green new york city because climate change is an existential...
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league of cities. think how many more are not members that have no. >> next we are going to joey garrison of "usa today." >> a couple of questions. the budget shortfall that cities are experiencing, said largely a result of the smaller sales tax intake or what is the revenue stream that is falling short that is resulted on this pandemic. >> let me take a stab at that and if someone else wants to add. >> i will jump in mayor when you get done. >> the mayor and i have visited around 15 different states. it depends. in ohio it's an income tax issue. when people are working that affects cities and places like new orleans it's a sales tax issue in the north carolina because they just cut them off. a lot of their funding goes to states and cities. each place has it different unique situation on their taxing structure but at the end of the day 10 million americans out of work, those are front-line workers that maybe her buying anything and they certainly are paying income tax or they are not staying -- paying
league of cities. think how many more are not members that have no. >> next we are going to joey garrison of "usa today." >> a couple of questions. the budget shortfall that cities are experiencing, said largely a result of the smaller sales tax intake or what is the revenue stream that is falling short that is resulted on this pandemic. >> let me take a stab at that and if someone else wants to add. >> i will jump in mayor when you get done. >> the mayor...
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of yourrol the bread city. millennials contributed a lot to their personal brand of where they live. if your city is the most attractive place for the generation to live, if they let the culture, the fun, the environment, everything about your city, then they are going to come there. if they come there, enterprise will chase you. you guys are article. you have great -- already cool. you have great food, great music. there's a lot going on. the way new orleans came together as a community was inspirational. is the kind of city want to be part of. you can apply this to everyone if your cities. if new orleans is able to celebrate the strength and make its culture the main point, he will attract millennials and then amazon will come. >> i think he is exactly right. >> how did the tragedy of katrina help bring people back together physically into the foot print of the city, but also realize literally and securely we are in the same boat? >> as you know, we suffered one of the great tragedies. we had katrina, rita, k
of yourrol the bread city. millennials contributed a lot to their personal brand of where they live. if your city is the most attractive place for the generation to live, if they let the culture, the fun, the environment, everything about your city, then they are going to come there. if they come there, enterprise will chase you. you guys are article. you have great -- already cool. you have great food, great music. there's a lot going on. the way new orleans came together as a community was...
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-- in the city. it is a large piece of land, we are going by and rehabilitating those homes and areas to get buyers back in. there is the ability to website -- there is the ability on our website to bid on homes. certainly in 2009, that was a ray -- representation, things have happened since, home sales are up by 3.9%, home prices are up by 30%. we are getting our hands on remediating structures in the city. those things are well on the way, i am happy to reprint -- report we are achieving beyond the goals that we originally set. >> do you have any relationship to them now? citizen, i amate registered to bid on houses on the west side. >> why would you do that? >> it is a great opportunity. in my career, i have been fortunate to work in other cities, when i left michigan, there was michigan law school, you remember trouble in paradise riotsble between the race , it started with the killing of a black motorist -- motorcyclist beaten to death. asking why iked -- am going to miami. since that time, some
-- in the city. it is a large piece of land, we are going by and rehabilitating those homes and areas to get buyers back in. there is the ability to website -- there is the ability on our website to bid on homes. certainly in 2009, that was a ray -- representation, things have happened since, home sales are up by 3.9%, home prices are up by 30%. we are getting our hands on remediating structures in the city. those things are well on the way, i am happy to reprint -- report we are achieving...
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a global city is not a world city. not just a city. it's sort of describes a special kind of personality, self-confidence, which london certainly has. connectedness to the rest of the world, which london certainly has, woven into the rest of the world. immigration over a generation has created that. , during and after the olympics, was defined as a creative and cool city, but the ambassador is absolutely right about this. there are threats to london's position, as we would say, as the greatest city in the world. you can be creative and cool, but there is a limit to your creativity and coolness if there nde problems with visas a you restrict talent coming in, if you do not have universal broadband coverage, and if young creative people cannot afford to live in the city, cannot afford to send their children to school there. so the threats facing london are actually rather prosaic. it's the lack of affordable housing. it's the level of congestion, the creeping infrastructure -- creaking infrastructure desperately in need of updating, with
a global city is not a world city. not just a city. it's sort of describes a special kind of personality, self-confidence, which london certainly has. connectedness to the rest of the world, which london certainly has, woven into the rest of the world. immigration over a generation has created that. , during and after the olympics, was defined as a creative and cool city, but the ambassador is absolutely right about this. there are threats to london's position, as we would say, as the greatest...
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we are the safest large city in america because we respect the rule of law in new york city. and although we have no specific threats, people like marjorie taylor greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech of she stated she's coming to town why are you in town? be on your best behavior. as always, we would not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. and if one is caught participating in any act of violence, they will be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you are. and i want to, again, thank the police department, the commissioner, for their response and for the necessary preparation as we deal with this major historical potential event that would take place in the city. this time, i'd like to introduce the police commissioner of the city of new york. >> thank you, mr. mayor. afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. as always, the nypd is prepared to ensure that everyone is able to have their voices heard peacefully while exercising their first amendment rights. we do this work in close collaboration with our federal, state and local partner
we are the safest large city in america because we respect the rule of law in new york city. and although we have no specific threats, people like marjorie taylor greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech of she stated she's coming to town why are you in town? be on your best behavior. as always, we would not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. and if one is caught participating in any act of violence, they will be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you are....
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but the largest cities and the theler cities -- both largest cities and the smaller cities helping us to understand what they are confronted with. i am so very pleased that you are focusing on them today. i am so very pleased that our heroes act is focusing on our cities. we know that these cities and states have to balance their budgets. we know that they need help. that's why it's so important for us to pass this heroes act. i am very pleased again that these mayors are here with us today to share what is going on in their cities. toow me to take a moment especially thank my mayor, mayor eric garcetti, for his leadership. he's one of the mayors in this country who has shown not only superb leadership, but a lot of creativity. when he talked about cash payment to our citizens, money that they went out and had to raise, that's the kind of extra step that he is taking to do everything that he can to deal with this pandemic. and the fact that so many people are suffering. i would like to just -- he did not say a word about lax. lax, los angeles airport is in my district. it is a huge ec
but the largest cities and the theler cities -- both largest cities and the smaller cities helping us to understand what they are confronted with. i am so very pleased that you are focusing on them today. i am so very pleased that our heroes act is focusing on our cities. we know that these cities and states have to balance their budgets. we know that they need help. that's why it's so important for us to pass this heroes act. i am very pleased again that these mayors are here with us today to...
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what are the cities, particularly like a new york city, facing? guest: again, i do not know the numbers off the top of my head, but even new york announced that they are looking at major staff cuts. athink every city is looking substantial cuts in what is coming in and substantial need -- a substantial increase in need in what is going out. so all those retail businesses at one point early in the pandemic 40% were not making rents. if you cannot make rent, your landlord probably cannot make taxes. again, it will be different place by place, but the math is really ugly, at least for 2020. host: let's go to boston and hear from ronald, our first caller. caller: good morning, sir. can you tell your host -- is he a doctor? host: our guest is not a doctor. go ahead. caller: ok, you know it has my name in it. [indiscernible] coronavirus. can you tell me where the name came from? it got most my name in there. host: no, i am sorry about that. we will move on to laurel, maryland, just outside of washington. go ahead. caller: good morning. about two years a
what are the cities, particularly like a new york city, facing? guest: again, i do not know the numbers off the top of my head, but even new york announced that they are looking at major staff cuts. athink every city is looking substantial cuts in what is coming in and substantial need -- a substantial increase in need in what is going out. so all those retail businesses at one point early in the pandemic 40% were not making rents. if you cannot make rent, your landlord probably cannot make...
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[applause] and so i call on our city council, our city attorney and our city controller, i want to continue the work that we all right started -- already started. we started it during the transition and we want to have a unified and urgent strategy to solve homelessness, so i call on the county of los angeles, with its authority over health, including mental health and substance abuse, to lock arms with me. and we have already started these discussions. lock arms with me. [applause] and i ask the mayors and councilmembers of the 87 other cities in the county to lock arms with me too. [applause] because we know that problems don't stop at our city limits. we have to address the county as a whole. [applause] vice president harris, governor newsom, my colleagues in congress who are here today, look for me on your caller i.d.. [laughter] because i will be calling. [laughter] [applause] if we come together and focus on solutions rather than jurisdictions, on locking arms rather than pointing fingers, if we just focus on bringing people inside and comprehensively addressing their needs and moving
[applause] and so i call on our city council, our city attorney and our city controller, i want to continue the work that we all right started -- already started. we started it during the transition and we want to have a unified and urgent strategy to solve homelessness, so i call on the county of los angeles, with its authority over health, including mental health and substance abuse, to lock arms with me. and we have already started these discussions. lock arms with me. [applause] and i ask...
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cities under 10,000, cities between 100000 and 240 9000, and cities over one million. all of those had murder up at least 20%. murder was up 15% in the suburbs. from the available evidence, most of our evidence comes from cities publishing data, it was not just big cities that saw big rises. of the 81 cities above 200,000 that report data to the fbi in 2020 so far, murder was up in 64 of them. murder was up at least 30% in half of the cities, 40 of the 80 cities. what we saw last year was dramatic, historic, and nearly universal. host: in terms of the rise in homicide rates, washington post headline says that, as homicides soar, mayors see few options for regaining control. what are some of the options in terms of federal assistance typically in the past that has been offered that could be offered this time with those cities? guest: usually you see a surge in federal resources. you see increases in federal attorneys assigned, fbi special agents assigned. usually there are increases in grants. i think we will see a lot of that with the biden administration's proposal. m
cities under 10,000, cities between 100000 and 240 9000, and cities over one million. all of those had murder up at least 20%. murder was up 15% in the suburbs. from the available evidence, most of our evidence comes from cities publishing data, it was not just big cities that saw big rises. of the 81 cities above 200,000 that report data to the fbi in 2020 so far, murder was up in 64 of them. murder was up at least 30% in half of the cities, 40 of the 80 cities. what we saw last year was...
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the city dubbed the model city, lyndon johnson's late society city. behind that glitz and glamour was a real problem with inequality, a serious problem with police brutality, and a real problem with having the city represents all the people that lived inside of it. a lot of times we think about detroit in the 1960's as a time of great rebellion and uprising because we focus on the uprising of 1967 specifically, but detroit in the 1960's was more complicated than that. on one hand it was a city of economic disparity -- prosperity. jobs were plentiful and the auto industry was running shifts around the clock. on the other hand it was a city with enormous tensions. an enormous population of african-americans after world war ii seeking equality of jobs, housing. and were constantly shut out of that. they were always relegated to the worst divisions and departments. the paint department, the concrete room. places where the conditions were bad. places where it was very hard to get out of them and move up in the company. similarly with housing it was not tha
the city dubbed the model city, lyndon johnson's late society city. behind that glitz and glamour was a real problem with inequality, a serious problem with police brutality, and a real problem with having the city represents all the people that lived inside of it. a lot of times we think about detroit in the 1960's as a time of great rebellion and uprising because we focus on the uprising of 1967 specifically, but detroit in the 1960's was more complicated than that. on one hand it was a city...
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i come from kansas city. it's a broad and beautiful city. more boulevards than paris, more fountains than rome. but totally racially divided. and liberally done so by the person who developed the plaza in kansas city. when it was a big economic center where the folks who had money list and shopped, and as folks migrated for the south to keep the jews and african-americans and other undesirables from moving with them, real estate covenants were put into the real estate deeds of trust, et cetera, that forbid selling to them. so it became the one on the east which african-americans in jews -- and jews lived and on the , west side of which white folks live. that line is still there, and although we are doing a lot to obliterate the physical line, the emotional psychological line still exists. and if you can imagine a city that deliberately divided itself along racial and religious lines, indeed you can imagine who controlled the power structure, including police, then you can understand how things have grown up in kansas city over a period of ti
i come from kansas city. it's a broad and beautiful city. more boulevards than paris, more fountains than rome. but totally racially divided. and liberally done so by the person who developed the plaza in kansas city. when it was a big economic center where the folks who had money list and shopped, and as folks migrated for the south to keep the jews and african-americans and other undesirables from moving with them, real estate covenants were put into the real estate deeds of trust, et cetera,...
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the city of st. louis and some of our partners, we took part of a press conference and while she was speaking of went off nearby. mayor jones did not flinch, she said she told reality, she hears those in her own neighborhood and too many people in st. louis hear shots all the time. she has been innovative against the time, the status quo, and her own community and in the state that we share. i appreciate your work that helps fight violence prevention to make sure that we are doing more each and every day. >> thank you. i am the mayor of the city of st. louis. i alluded -- as alluded to, we are a blue dot in a red state. we face challenges when it comes to addressing gun violence in our cities. the prevention law invented us from using common sense gun safety laws to keep people safe. our police are finding even more deadly weapons flooding our streets. more than 90% of the 2656 guns confiscated by the metropolitan police department last year or semiautomatic. -- were semiautomatic. that is up 75%. li
the city of st. louis and some of our partners, we took part of a press conference and while she was speaking of went off nearby. mayor jones did not flinch, she said she told reality, she hears those in her own neighborhood and too many people in st. louis hear shots all the time. she has been innovative against the time, the status quo, and her own community and in the state that we share. i appreciate your work that helps fight violence prevention to make sure that we are doing more each and...
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it was 100 other cities in south vietnam that were hit. place where they took over the whole city. it was reminiscent of the kind of battles fought in world war ii or korea, and i think the from that reports fighting, really changed a lot of american's attitude towards the war. i think the antiwar movement really picked up steam after the tet offensive and it was apparent that the administration had been lying to the american people. brian: how many north vietnamese soldiers did you talk to personally? i interviewed 40 and they are listed in the back of the book. i have not counted them all up. i talked to more than that. on, areho i focused listed in the back of the book. brian: which one would you pick up all the 40 that your member the most, and why? mark: i think the first character you meet in the book was fascinating to me because she was my age, actually maybe two years older than me. but she was just a village girl had been- whose family fighting for independence for generations. her grandfather, her father had fought, her older sister had joined the viet cong and had been
it was 100 other cities in south vietnam that were hit. place where they took over the whole city. it was reminiscent of the kind of battles fought in world war ii or korea, and i think the from that reports fighting, really changed a lot of american's attitude towards the war. i think the antiwar movement really picked up steam after the tet offensive and it was apparent that the administration had been lying to the american people. brian: how many north vietnamese soldiers did you talk to...
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and the city of pasadena, glendale, and other cities as well. we are taking a countywide approach to addressing the issues. rep. napolitano: do you include communication to the city for what you are doing? my city, i know that some of them do and then others don't. i need to know what kind of information is going to the city to make them aware? they also have the homeless transitioning to them. >> yes, congresswoman. through the homeless initiative we have actively engaged cities throughout the region. we have convened to a homeless summits, the first-ever in the history of the cities and we have a designated liaison for each of the cities and we invited all of the cities in the county to develop their own homelessness plans with funding from the county. rep. napolitano: do you work with the cops? the council of government? does the money flow to the cities question mark >> we provide funding to the cogs to coordinate the efforts in the cities and as i mentioned, we have approved funding to those cities that developed homelessness plans to suppo
and the city of pasadena, glendale, and other cities as well. we are taking a countywide approach to addressing the issues. rep. napolitano: do you include communication to the city for what you are doing? my city, i know that some of them do and then others don't. i need to know what kind of information is going to the city to make them aware? they also have the homeless transitioning to them. >> yes, congresswoman. through the homeless initiative we have actively engaged cities...
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i want to get a sense of how much effect that would have on her city. -- your city. to get a feel for what they will be watching for. and a broader sense of how much trade will contribute to your economy. >> nafta is a big deal in a border state and the economy. trade delegations to new ,exico and try to bolster that to the contrary of talking trash about new mexico and making it difficult. we're hoping we could spin that in a positive way. it will hopefully create an appetite for wanting to shine a .ositive light we are on the cusp of announcing to tradengs relative with mexico. which is to look at it as an opportunity to highlight how in theings are going very positive economic impact new mexico has on border states like arizona. >> i would echo that. orleans,city of new from the mouth of newer -- of the river to norlin's, one of the biggest sports in the world. trade is important to us. new orleans is an international city. we are watching that carefully. i think the president has his rhetoric might have gotten in front of constructive negotiations. shouldall of u
i want to get a sense of how much effect that would have on her city. -- your city. to get a feel for what they will be watching for. and a broader sense of how much trade will contribute to your economy. >> nafta is a big deal in a border state and the economy. trade delegations to new ,exico and try to bolster that to the contrary of talking trash about new mexico and making it difficult. we're hoping we could spin that in a positive way. it will hopefully create an appetite for wanting...
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our city. people from 200 different countries speak 90 different languages in addition to playing basketball and football and baseball. worlding to u.s. news and report," our school of business, university of south carolina, has the number one international program in the country, as well. we are interested in all issues regarding international trade and we will continue to be a voice on these issues. >> sammy snelling from news mag. oldest person in the room just called on the youngest person in the room. much for being here today. i want to go to the topic of sanctuary cities. thomas hohmann, acting director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement set up a white house press briefing. when some law enforcement agencies fail to honor detainees or serious criminal offenders, ability toine i.s.' protect public safety. most work with us and many don't in the largest cities where flourish. what is your reaction to the statement? ister first of all, he's just wg that. i am not aware of any polic
our city. people from 200 different countries speak 90 different languages in addition to playing basketball and football and baseball. worlding to u.s. news and report," our school of business, university of south carolina, has the number one international program in the country, as well. we are interested in all issues regarding international trade and we will continue to be a voice on these issues. >> sammy snelling from news mag. oldest person in the room just called on the...
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those cities? guest: there's a lot to criticize in it. it is fair to say zoning is frequently used to micromanage space to keep out the types of people that cities don't want, and especially in the suburbs. but if we set that aside and say the most positive view of zoning. zoning helps to organize space, we've evolved to a city has a certain shape and zoning helps to organize that. that is the best view. suddenly the current virus comes along and it change the way we commute, it changes the way we shop. it changes our tolerance for being in restaurants and bars. those patterns, the ones that may have worked four months ago no longer work and so instead of inifying the old equilibrium a strict set of zoning codes, we need to change it. we don't know what's going to work a year or five years from now so we cannot just zone very specifically for the post coronavirus pandemic. spacee need to do in the that are really hard hit which is going to be every part of commercial retail, restaurant and office.
those cities? guest: there's a lot to criticize in it. it is fair to say zoning is frequently used to micromanage space to keep out the types of people that cities don't want, and especially in the suburbs. but if we set that aside and say the most positive view of zoning. zoning helps to organize space, we've evolved to a city has a certain shape and zoning helps to organize that. that is the best view. suddenly the current virus comes along and it change the way we commute, it changes the way...
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nation and our cities. let me thank you mayor landrieu and mayor benjamin and mayor barnet for your leadership of our conference. i continue to think three years in of being mayor of washington, d.c. that this conference provided such great inspiration and support where we can come together to share great ideas and learn from one another. let us always remember, that in doing our jobs as mayor, that retooling and getting those ideas and that sharing is also very critical to the work that we do. it is also a good thing that us mayors are here in washington, d.c. during the week where the federal government shut down. it is a reminder that we as mayors can't shut down because our people are relying on us to do the work of running our cities. providing services, answering questions, helping the most vulnerable among us. so while federal washington was shut down, i'm here to tell you washington, d.c. was open for business and i'm very proud of that. [applause] >> so as we go through our meeting this week, let u
nation and our cities. let me thank you mayor landrieu and mayor benjamin and mayor barnet for your leadership of our conference. i continue to think three years in of being mayor of washington, d.c. that this conference provided such great inspiration and support where we can come together to share great ideas and learn from one another. let us always remember, that in doing our jobs as mayor, that retooling and getting those ideas and that sharing is also very critical to the work that we do....
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host: sun city, california. on the democrats line should write, go ahead -- on the democrats line, roy, go ahead. caller: can you hear me? guest: -- host: yes, you are on. caller: first, i wish the democrats would be more obstructionist like the republicans were. we as democrats always want to govern and look out for the people. we need to be ruthless just like republicans. i want to make one quick statement about your last issue. i wonder how many of the people would accept the pipeline running under arlington national cemetery or the pearl harbor memorial. host: thank you, roy. guest: there are a lot of people that agree with you. a lot the democrats and they should be ruthless. mcconnell was ruthless. he did not want obama to do anything. he filibustered everything, even things that republicans were going to support. that was just as a delay tactic to keep other things off the floor. there are a lot of delay tactic -- there are a lot of things lot of there are a democrats that think nancy pelosi should do the
host: sun city, california. on the democrats line should write, go ahead -- on the democrats line, roy, go ahead. caller: can you hear me? guest: -- host: yes, you are on. caller: first, i wish the democrats would be more obstructionist like the republicans were. we as democrats always want to govern and look out for the people. we need to be ruthless just like republicans. i want to make one quick statement about your last issue. i wonder how many of the people would accept the pipeline...
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my city is a small city. about an hour north of manhattan. and we experience the same symptoms and the same extremist activity in our city, but more poignantly, we see street violence, gun violence, not only in new york it's been on the increase, but also throughout the united states of america. you know, recently, i called into order a shepherds lunch, where about 30 pastors and priests and rabbis in the faith-based community within our city, we came together and had a town hall meeting/lunch so that we could discuss how the faith-based community can get involved with anti-gun violence and the city of newburgh. at one point, nationally, we were in the top 5%, known as the murder capital of the state, and possibly of the nation outside of compton and other areas throughout the u.s. and we have been on a downward trajectory, in terms of gun violence, once we put the comprehensive video surveillance program into place, once we tapped into some of the state funding for snug, guns spelled backwards, violence and directors who go out and touch han
my city is a small city. about an hour north of manhattan. and we experience the same symptoms and the same extremist activity in our city, but more poignantly, we see street violence, gun violence, not only in new york it's been on the increase, but also throughout the united states of america. you know, recently, i called into order a shepherds lunch, where about 30 pastors and priests and rabbis in the faith-based community within our city, we came together and had a town hall meeting/lunch...
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, we've adopted sanctuary cities, sometimes called welcoming cities, ordinances. in order to reassure immigrants that they can, with safety, talk to law enforcement within our jurisdictions. skokie mayor said, quote, it's taken the village years, decades really, to form the bridges that we have to trust with our immigrant community, unquote. these policies work. a study found that sanctuary cities tend to be safer and have stronger economies than not. this bill would push communities to abandon sanctuary city policies, breaking down that hard-earned trust between immigrants and law enforcement. turning law enforcement into immigration enforcement makes ities less safe. thank you. thank you. it makes immigrants less likely to report crimes. this bill protects criminals in our communities and not victims. and i urge my colleagues to vote for safer communities and vote against this bill. i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this tim
, we've adopted sanctuary cities, sometimes called welcoming cities, ordinances. in order to reassure immigrants that they can, with safety, talk to law enforcement within our jurisdictions. skokie mayor said, quote, it's taken the village years, decades really, to form the bridges that we have to trust with our immigrant community, unquote. these policies work. a study found that sanctuary cities tend to be safer and have stronger economies than not. this bill would push communities to abandon...
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in cities across america, we had the same experience. i think as a nation, we have to be concerned about that. sophie? reporter: my question was what amanda just asked. so thank you for answering. mayor bowser: ok. thank you. chief, do you have anything to say about the general timing of after actions? police department uses force in the district of columbia, we do an investigation force.e use of that our internal affairs division will be conducting it for an event like this, as we did with the inauguration. the results of those investigations will be made public. the timing of that often is dictated by any potential lawsuits that may delay the release. the mayor is absolutely right. the public release of those documents will be determined by things that happen after today. it will not be pop -- a probably will not be in the near future. mayor bowser: >> the governor of minnesota announces he is extending the curfew in response to the rioting and looting in the twin cities. joinedorcement officers him at the briefing and spoke about the
in cities across america, we had the same experience. i think as a nation, we have to be concerned about that. sophie? reporter: my question was what amanda just asked. so thank you for answering. mayor bowser: ok. thank you. chief, do you have anything to say about the general timing of after actions? police department uses force in the district of columbia, we do an investigation force.e use of that our internal affairs division will be conducting it for an event like this, as we did with the...
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that is why the old city is the holy city. this is the old city. basically, the old city and its immediate surroundings constitute what we call jerusalem. jerusalem has been mentioned in the bible and different holy books. it is the old city. the municipal city has been added and it has been added in a very erratic way in order to , include areas and then exclude population. way -- very odd way. the rest is not jerusalem. when you want to decide on the future of jerusalem, you have to make that distinction between the old city and the municipal city. the city that has been enlarged. so reconciliation in midst of conflict, we need to agree on such issues of municipal services, day-to-day living problems, status of holy places, and disagree on issues such as political sovereignty. the proposed solution is to have the holy old city to have a special international jewish-christian-muslim custodianship. east is for the arab jerusalem, which is muslim and christian. and then the west is the jewish jerusalem. and then the city will be without barriers or
that is why the old city is the holy city. this is the old city. basically, the old city and its immediate surroundings constitute what we call jerusalem. jerusalem has been mentioned in the bible and different holy books. it is the old city. the municipal city has been added and it has been added in a very erratic way in order to , include areas and then exclude population. way -- very odd way. the rest is not jerusalem. when you want to decide on the future of jerusalem, you have to make that...
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it's not a city function. mental health is not a city function. but it's been so intertwined with everything our fire and police department has been doing that we decided to as much as possible not point a finger and say it's their fault and try to step up and look for solutions. we've been able to have really good success with embedding clinicians with our department and -- and really also at our 911 centers so that we can get people the appropriate resources and that's been very successful. we've also been putting a lot of investment into our crisis intervention team, officers who are highly trained at helping people in crisis. one of -- one of my really inspiring moments as mayor was going out with some officers on our crisis intervention team. there was a mother who had called in, military veteran with a firearm. she was heart broken. she was facing addiction. and her son had told her, i never want to see you again. i'm done with you. i don't know what it's like to be in her shoes. but i'm a mother and i -- i know how i would feel if my son sa
it's not a city function. mental health is not a city function. but it's been so intertwined with everything our fire and police department has been doing that we decided to as much as possible not point a finger and say it's their fault and try to step up and look for solutions. we've been able to have really good success with embedding clinicians with our department and -- and really also at our 911 centers so that we can get people the appropriate resources and that's been very successful....
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cities are answering our call. earlier this year, 21 city leaders from all over the world signed to the new pact. more will be joining soon. the pact stands ready to work with american cities in the u.s. congress to adjust to the threats that undermine democracies. thank you for your attention. rep. keating: thank you for those very significant statements. we look forward to questions as we go forward. i'll now turn to mr. hrib. you are now recognized for your opening statement. mayor hrib: chairman keating, ranking member fitzpatrick and distinguished members of the subcommittee, it is a great honor that you have invited me to speak at this platform along with my colleagues from central european capitals. i am happy to provide a few remarks on the state of democracy in the czech republic and on the role of cities in defendant global democratic principles and human rights. considering the increasing urbanization worldwide, it is inevitable that cities are important stakeholders in defending freedom and democracy. w
cities are answering our call. earlier this year, 21 city leaders from all over the world signed to the new pact. more will be joining soon. the pact stands ready to work with american cities in the u.s. congress to adjust to the threats that undermine democracies. thank you for your attention. rep. keating: thank you for those very significant statements. we look forward to questions as we go forward. i'll now turn to mr. hrib. you are now recognized for your opening statement. mayor hrib:...
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being a resilient city doesn't mean a perfect city. it doesn't mean 100% employment or 0% crime rate. it doesn't keep the rain from falling, and doesn't stop the water from coming in. but it means when bad things do happen, and in this century they are most assuredly will, you have the systems and the strategies and the leadership in place to take in new information, to adapt to changing circumstances, and to work to make sure everyone is working towards a shared outcome. while no one will forget what happened 10 years ago this week, the story that i hope will ultimately be told about new orleans will also be about incredible transformation, and the innovations it continues to unleash, the changes, the deep changes that will inspire in other cities around the world. this is a story that we at the rockefeller foundation are proud to play a part in writing, and we will continue to support this however we can. thank you. [applause] >> this afternoon, we are looking back at the 10 years since hurricane katrina hit the gulf coast in new orl
being a resilient city doesn't mean a perfect city. it doesn't mean 100% employment or 0% crime rate. it doesn't keep the rain from falling, and doesn't stop the water from coming in. but it means when bad things do happen, and in this century they are most assuredly will, you have the systems and the strategies and the leadership in place to take in new information, to adapt to changing circumstances, and to work to make sure everyone is working towards a shared outcome. while no one will...
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cities such as chicago have had welcoming city policies in place for decades, and chicago mayor harold washington enacted the first such iteration of that policy in 1980, or the early 1980's. they have had those policies in place in large part because the evidence suggests that those policies make their communities safer. they do not, as some would have us believe, particularly lately, they do not call for the harboring of criminal aliens. they call for the appropriate enforcement of local laws in a way that does not alienate communities that are absolutely essential to the enforcement of those laws, and the evidence i think is that so-called sanctuary jurisdictions are safer because of it. the case in chicago has implications not just for the grant programs, but for other grant programs. and it has implications for cities across the country as well. it has its genesis really in president trump's executive order last january in which he purported to give the attorney general sweeping authority to withhold any federal funding of any kind to sanctuary jurisdictions of his choosing. beene
cities such as chicago have had welcoming city policies in place for decades, and chicago mayor harold washington enacted the first such iteration of that policy in 1980, or the early 1980's. they have had those policies in place in large part because the evidence suggests that those policies make their communities safer. they do not, as some would have us believe, particularly lately, they do not call for the harboring of criminal aliens. they call for the appropriate enforcement of local laws...
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so my city of dayton, no money. and many of the cities didn't get it from the states either. estates kept most of it, governors had a different plan. so the direct aid is really, really important to us. that this is directly distributed. and we supported the house plan in the heroes' bill that had the formula for this money to be the cdbg formula. just the formula itself. and as julie mentioned earlier, this formula works very well because it get to those communities and folks most in need. it is a way to get it to small and large communities but gets it to where the need is. have you had a chance to look at the formula for dispersing funds? what are you thinking about that ? mr. deese: thank you for the question. and we are definitely aware of the formula issue. our focus right now is to work with congress, make sure we have your input, and get that balance of state, city, county funding right. we definitely recognize each level of government has these different needs. we also want to work on getting support that actually empowers you all to do what you need to do for your c
so my city of dayton, no money. and many of the cities didn't get it from the states either. estates kept most of it, governors had a different plan. so the direct aid is really, really important to us. that this is directly distributed. and we supported the house plan in the heroes' bill that had the formula for this money to be the cdbg formula. just the formula itself. and as julie mentioned earlier, this formula works very well because it get to those communities and folks most in need. it...
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back to the city. so we have to have a plan for that. we have a plan that gets at the safety from a very immediate standpoint of the crime that's happening in everybody's face, but we also get at the root causes. the power of and, we are the city of big shoulders, uplift our police and hold them accountability. >> willie wilson, let's go back to the west side, what would you do to lure not only public, but private investment in those neighborhoods. >> first of all, a couple of things, i want to ask a question and try to explain something to you, downtown. in order to attract business you've got to lower taxes and in order to keep business you've got to lower taxes, right, got to stop the crime, all right? lowered taxes keep people coming to shop. keep them going to-- keep them from going to indiana. if you continue to raise taxes you continue to get people out. we've got to get a hold of the snatch and grab, and the businesses. i'm in business and i understand business. the rest of them are not in busi
back to the city. so we have to have a plan for that. we have a plan that gets at the safety from a very immediate standpoint of the crime that's happening in everybody's face, but we also get at the root causes. the power of and, we are the city of big shoulders, uplift our police and hold them accountability. >> willie wilson, let's go back to the west side, what would you do to lure not only public, but private investment in those neighborhoods. >> first of all, a couple of...
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this city can do it. the amazing health care professionals of this city already. we are going to set up new sites all over the city, on top of the many that are already operational. we will expand from her and clinics to locations set up all over the city. our goal is to get upwards of 250 locations citywide. this will be a massive effort. this will be part of the largest single vaccination effort in the history of new york city. it's going to take a lot of work. it will take urgency and focus. and we will need help from the federal government, we will need help from the state government and from the vaccine manufacturers. but we are making clear to the world, we can achieve one million vaccinations in january. we will make it happen. we have the ability to make it happen on the ground and we are anxious to get it done. president-elect joe biden said it right, this whole country is behind the pace where we need to be. we need to go faster to beat back the virus and restart our economy, to protect our lives and recover. we have got to go faster and new york city wi
this city can do it. the amazing health care professionals of this city already. we are going to set up new sites all over the city, on top of the many that are already operational. we will expand from her and clinics to locations set up all over the city. our goal is to get upwards of 250 locations citywide. this will be a massive effort. this will be part of the largest single vaccination effort in the history of new york city. it's going to take a lot of work. it will take urgency and focus....
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of the city as a sponge. instead of trying to get rid of the water through pipes and funnel water systems, gentilly is building great infrastructure you can see here that will allow the water to be safely retained on white. is building great infrastructure this approach has multiple benefits. it reduces the risk of catastrophic failure and will create public space that serves residents in both good times and bad. put simply, new orleans is learning to live with water rather than write it and is turning its greatest challenge into a valued asset -- simply put -- you should consider hiring a chief resilience officer for your state. charging someone with this task will make it easier to realize the resilience dividend i have been talking about. with every dollar you spend to address flooding, i would encourage you to ask how this investment can address multiple challenges to strengthen your state and what collateral benefits we can reap. this will not be easy because the reason we have sectors and silos is becau
of the city as a sponge. instead of trying to get rid of the water through pipes and funnel water systems, gentilly is building great infrastructure you can see here that will allow the water to be safely retained on white. is building great infrastructure this approach has multiple benefits. it reduces the risk of catastrophic failure and will create public space that serves residents in both good times and bad. put simply, new orleans is learning to live with water rather than write it and is...
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after city. unfortunately what we saw in portland was the lack of that. allowing the violent individuals to begin, to continue to attack the federal facility night after night, no repercussions. they became more emboldened night after night. usedof the weapons they became more and more sophisticated and adversative. things that can be thrown at an officer. night after night 30 days in, 40 days in, there is no consequence. then they come back with commercial grade fireworks, then they come back with power tools, they keep coming back. there is no accountability. making sure that there is a close partnership with law enforcement and local officials. we see that in every other city around the country. good point.a [indiscernible] be able to coordinate and work together and do it well. what could we have done to try to make this work better? is --erstanding [indiscernible] [indiscernible] sec. wolf: but we are doing in portland is protecting a federal facility that has been under attack for 60 days.
after city. unfortunately what we saw in portland was the lack of that. allowing the violent individuals to begin, to continue to attack the federal facility night after night, no repercussions. they became more emboldened night after night. usedof the weapons they became more and more sophisticated and adversative. things that can be thrown at an officer. night after night 30 days in, 40 days in, there is no consequence. then they come back with commercial grade fireworks, then they come back...
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city in america. and as a mayor assuming office with a number of issues all happening at the same time, i wonder to myself how can i best help the children, youth, and families in our city to overcome violence in the neighborhood and certainly to increase academic outcomes in our school system, making sure that our children are going to college or coming out of high school with a career that they're ready to enter into and, indeed, driving a wedge in the cradle to prison pipeline? and so in camden we have begun to embark on a holistic plan to enhance public safety in our city. our plan started with the transition to a camden county police force in 2013. and what i remember of that day was hearing the sounds of children at play as we made a switch over to a force that would allow us to put more than 400 officers patrolling our streets and our corridors and certainly our neighborhoods. and really launching a community policing paradigm that interacted with young people on a positive engagement. for inst
city in america. and as a mayor assuming office with a number of issues all happening at the same time, i wonder to myself how can i best help the children, youth, and families in our city to overcome violence in the neighborhood and certainly to increase academic outcomes in our school system, making sure that our children are going to college or coming out of high school with a career that they're ready to enter into and, indeed, driving a wedge in the cradle to prison pipeline? and so in...
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ism going to ask rudy what the difference between that city and the city of today. for a long while, it was a lot better. waswhen rudy ran it, it incredible. the crime statistics, the murder. i don't know if this place has ever heard that word, murder. stats,n you look at the i looked at them the other day. it was incredible what he was able to do with new york's finest. and hethem do the job, had great commissioners. i always say, who is the best? he doesn't want to tell me. he will never tell me. but there is always a best, there is always somebody. i would like to think you, i would like to thank pat. i would like to ask rudy to say a few words. and we love you all very much. [applause] it is a beautiful thing to say. "rudy"]d chanting >> thank you. i have known you since i was a little boy. my uncle bob,e, my uncle vincent, my uncle anthony were all new york city police officers. then i had a fifth uncle who was a firefighter, but i will not mention that right now. [laughter] so i grew up with you and i got to work with you as a prosecutor. and i get credit for
ism going to ask rudy what the difference between that city and the city of today. for a long while, it was a lot better. waswhen rudy ran it, it incredible. the crime statistics, the murder. i don't know if this place has ever heard that word, murder. stats,n you look at the i looked at them the other day. it was incredible what he was able to do with new york's finest. and hethem do the job, had great commissioners. i always say, who is the best? he doesn't want to tell me. he will never tell...
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crystal city who are still alive. she operates a newsletter called "a crystal city chapter" that keeps people up to date on deaths, children's issues. she was critical to me because once she agreed to talk to me, all of her friends talked to me, as well. i began going around the country trying to interview as many former children who were in the camp. >> where is crystal city, texas? >> crystal city, texas is located 120 miles southwest of san antonio, which is my home, about 35 miles from the u.s.-mexican border. the lights of the internment camp could be seen from mexico at night, because the land there is incredibly desolate. it was, in fact, chosen as the enemy alien internment camp that housed multiple nationalities, german, german-americans, a italians, japanese, and japanese-americans, the only camp that housed multiple nationalities during the war. it was chosen in large part because it was in such an isolated location. if you wanted to have a camp like crystal city, it was a very good place to locate it. >> h
crystal city who are still alive. she operates a newsletter called "a crystal city chapter" that keeps people up to date on deaths, children's issues. she was critical to me because once she agreed to talk to me, all of her friends talked to me, as well. i began going around the country trying to interview as many former children who were in the camp. >> where is crystal city, texas? >> crystal city, texas is located 120 miles southwest of san antonio, which is my home,...
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there are other cities in the financialhave similar challenges as the city of detroit. yet there has been no emergency manager put there. can you imagine if any governor -- take a southern state like alabama, mississippi, or georgia -- would have the nerve to go the a city that was at heart of the civil rights movement and disenfranchised the population? be up inhat we would arms as a nation and we would be highly offended, as well we should be. it is a question of democracy. that hasis no question what has been happening in the state is disproportionately affecting the african -- african-american voters. i'm not going to be able to pretend to read inside the governor's motives. you have to look at the effect. the effect is disturbing. the people are feeling the complete failure of the emergency managers in their history. park, look at highland then threw it over and over. when you disenfranchise the local voters, there is no evidence that the emergency manager has made it any better. my objection is two-fold. there was no evidence it works and you are disenfranchising
there are other cities in the financialhave similar challenges as the city of detroit. yet there has been no emergency manager put there. can you imagine if any governor -- take a southern state like alabama, mississippi, or georgia -- would have the nerve to go the a city that was at heart of the civil rights movement and disenfranchised the population? be up inhat we would arms as a nation and we would be highly offended, as well we should be. it is a question of democracy. that hasis no...
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a part of our city. they can be our teachers, doctors, the next mayor. so, there needs to be something there. i would say that we lose a tremendous amount of human capital in brilliant people coming to new york, creating patents, creating any number of things and want to be part of what is the american dream in our city. we lose that. i would say that we recently a financial services study on immigrants. really focused on one of our fastest growing communities. all of them, rank or not, could overwhelmingly articulate to us that they were invested in their children's education and home ownership. every single one of them. at different points they all had bank accounts, every single one of them had absolute investment in recreating their success by these very markers that make a city successful. education outcome and home ownership, right? without action -- we will do all we can to help these communities. >> i would just add that -- something we have been working on in los angeles is the council of immigr
a part of our city. they can be our teachers, doctors, the next mayor. so, there needs to be something there. i would say that we lose a tremendous amount of human capital in brilliant people coming to new york, creating patents, creating any number of things and want to be part of what is the american dream in our city. we lose that. i would say that we recently a financial services study on immigrants. really focused on one of our fastest growing communities. all of them, rank or not, could...
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and to all of us individually in our cities. individually in our cities. first, cincinnati is unfortunately one of the many cities that saw this. a huge spike in gun violence. in 2018 and 2019 we had record low gun violence and 20 year lows. and last year that really came off. historic levels of gun violence. and there is no easy explanation as to why this happened the recession, the public health issues, the schools being closed, and i know we had in being very candid. i forgot to mention i need to mention that we're on c-span and so everyone should know that we year on c-span life and so anything you say and do in this. i would just be blunt of the natty are in cincinnati covid started we had a fear factor of our officers getting the virus before we knew exactly how it was transmitted. results md policing based on fear. and a lot of our task force was hands on the back seat as people were very fearful of tracting are contracting the virus. that led to a significant spice in gun violence. it's summer of course we were all reeling from the george floyd vid
and to all of us individually in our cities. individually in our cities. first, cincinnati is unfortunately one of the many cities that saw this. a huge spike in gun violence. in 2018 and 2019 we had record low gun violence and 20 year lows. and last year that really came off. historic levels of gun violence. and there is no easy explanation as to why this happened the recession, the public health issues, the schools being closed, and i know we had in being very candid. i forgot to mention i...